Hi everyone! BookExpo America is ALMOST here! Squee!!
Today I thought I’d share my schedule with everyone! This was compiled from the official BookExpo America entries and a master spreadsheet I got from an awesome Goodreads user. I’ve entered all the books/authors I’m interested in seeing (or getting books from) along with the times, locations, and the priority. Maybe this will be helpful to other people who are looking to get organized, or you can just use it to come find me at BEA!
One of the tricks to a good schedule is overlap, but knowing you can’t make all of them. For example, on Thursday I have four entries between 3:00 and 4:00. There’s no way I’m making all of those signings! But this allows me to pick and choose based on the situation. For example, if Trial by Fire is my first choice, but I get there late and the line is waaaay too long, I can hop over to one of my other options.
I also have several duplicate entries to allow for second chances. For example, I have “The Fire Artist” listed on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Obviously I wono’t attend all of those, but if I miss the one on Thursday then I still have the other times noted down so I can try again another day.
Thursday
| Time | Location | Author | Book | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Penguin | Romina Russell | Zodiac | Medium |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Table 5 | Caragh M. O’Brien | The Vault of Dreamers | Normal |
| 10:00 – 10:50 | 1E12/1E13 | Various (YA Buzz) | Various | Medium |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Harlequin | Ann Aguire | I Want it That Way | Medium |
| 10:30 | Macmillan | Rainbow Rowell | Landline | Medium |
| 11:00 | Bloomsbury | Daisy Whitney | The Fire Artist | Medium |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Harlequin | Julie Kagawa | Talon | High |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Spencer Hill Press | Jennifer Armentrout | White Hot Kiss | Low |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Lois Lowry | The Giver | Low |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Table 14 | Melissa Marr | Made For You | Normal |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Penguin | Karen Bao | Dove Arising | Medium |
| 15:00 | HarperCollins | Erika Johansen | The Queen of the Tearling | Medium |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Table 7 | Josephine Angelini | Trial by Fire | Medium |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Table 10 | Melissa de la Cruz | The Ring and the Crown | Normal |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Table 9 | Rebecca Serle | Famous in Love | Medium |
| 15:30 | Bloomsbury | unknown | Secret YA Giveaway | Medium |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | HarperCollins | Veronica Roth | Divergent cocktail party | Low |
Friday
| Time | Location | Author | Book | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Simon & Schuster | Becca Fitzpatrick | Black Ice | Low |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Penguin | Marie Lu | The Young Elites (sample only) | Low |
| 10:30 | Macmillan | Rainbow Rowell | Landline | Medium |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Table 12 | Amy Ewing | The Jewel | High |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Table 5 | Sarah J. Maas | Heir of Fire | High |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Table 18 | Ryan Graudin | The Walled City | Normal |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Lois Lowry | The Giver | Low |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Table 13 | Morgan Matson | Since You’ve Been Gone | Medium |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Table 1 | Meg Wolitzer | Belzhar | Normal |
| 13:30 | Bloomsbury | unknown | Secret YA Giveaway | Medium |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Table 12 | Amy Zhang | Falling into Place | Normal |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Table 23 | Cora Carmack | All Lined Up | Normal |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Table 9 | Rachel Harris | The Fine Art of Pretending | High |
| 15:45 – 16:45 | Simon & Schuster | Scott Westerfeld | Afterworlds | Normal |
| 16:00 | Bloomsbury | Daisy Whitney | The Fire Artist | Normal |
Saturday
| Time | Location | Author | Book | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Table 14 | Daisy Whitney | The Fire Artist | Normal |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Table 6 | Corey Ann Haydu | Life by Committee | Normal |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Table 15 | Skylar Dorset | The Girl Who Never Was | Normal |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Harlequin | Julie Kagawa | Talon | High |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Table 8 | Jennifer Armentrout (J. Lynn) | Be With Me | Medium |
See you after BEA!
I won’t have any posts on the blog while I’m at BEA over the next few days. I’ll be back in action the first week of June!
There are some must-have books in there for me. Now I’m even more depressed I can’t go, lol. Have fun at BEA Ashley!
Thanks!!
Why aren’t you using the BEA app? Making the spreadsheet seems like unnecessary work.
I always heard the BEA app was annoying to use and a HUGE drain on your phone battery. I think spreadsheets are easier to see and manage. They work for me. 😛
You are right, I just tried adding my data to the app and it’s a nightmare and now I;m making a spreadsheet last minute.
I’m looking forward to here you speak on Wednesday 🙂
(Though it’s a bit funny to see you the first time in New York as I live in Cambridge too.)
Yeah and if your battery dies, you don’t have to worry about losing your whole schedule!
And haha, that is funny! 😀
I’m using Google Calendar so I get alerts hahaha. I like to go paperless although I did upload a spreadsheet to Drive so I can access on my iPad or iPhone.
I’ll be stalking you, I mean, seeing you there!
Any chance you Can link that good reads spreadsheet?
You have to email someone to get it. 🙂 Here’s the post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1558901-2014-author-info?page=6#comment_98093808
Thank you!! I’m only going Saturday, but as a newbie, I’m completely lost.
Hopefully you got a few ideas from my schedule. 🙂 I know I don’t have a whole lot listed for Saturday though!
I CANNOT wait for this! See you there!
Eeeeks I’m so excited!!! 😀
So organized! I’ve been reading ALL of the BEA posts over the last month, even though I’m not going. I wish I were, it sounds so fun (yet overwhelming)! But I have decided that I will be there next year. I don’t care what else is happening, I will go and have a blast!
Oh yes! It would be awesome if you could come next year. 🙂
I’m definitely going to make it happen! I’ve never left the west coast, so this’ll be an adventure for me!
Oof if you wanna talk about schedule overlap you should take a look at mine. I have like 200 things every hour bahah. How I do mine is mark down EVERY SINGLE Ya author/signing/drop etc that I’m interested in even mildly and once I’m there I can then decide which one to do. Bc last year some signings had limited books or just not worth the humongous line-up so I went to another instead even if it wasn’t my first pick. That’s the best way to do it. Rigid schedules will just stress you out! Anyways, we have most of the same ones – are your pink ones the ones you want the most? Bc I’ll be stalking Talon too! And I SO want Landline but both the signing and the drop are at the same time as the YA Buzz Panel which saves a lot of time in line later if you go bc of the ARCs they give out there. WAAAAAAH!!
Exactly! That’s totally the way to do it. It’s better to have too many options to work with than too few.
And yeah, the pink ones are my highest priority ones. I NEED Talon!!!! I also really want Landline as well, but I’m making it slightly lower priority because it is coming out in like a month anyway (or 5 weeks). But I’m DYING to read that book!
I’m enjoying all these BEA posts even though I can’t go. I’m hoping that I will remember what I’m learning so that when I do go, I’ll know how to do it. I’m such a scheduler, I think this would be be one of the most exciting parts – figuring out what I’m going to do each day. Have a great time!!
Ooohhh, I’ll be seeing you at a few of these signings. I am getting there late Thursday and Friday (after 11:30) due to work. Now I’m mad I’m going to miss Rainbow Rowell/Landlines. I really want that book. I’ll be there for Belzhar though. I am dying for that book!! And Amy Zhang’s book, too. I might add Bloomsbury to my list now. Didn’t know about that one. I am very intrigued. I want The Queen of the Tearling, too. Oh my. So much want. This is going to be so much fun!!
I love seeing what everyone will be up to at BEA! I’ll be going in on Thursday, so I may be bumping into you in a few of these lines 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
This looks so much manageable than mine! Obviously, I won’t get everything I want, but I will aim to get my “must haves” first. Hope to see you there!
I’m so jealous of everyone that’s going BEA! I’m just chilling at home, getting ready for final exams.
On the bright side, I get to see Maggie Stiefvater at one of her stops on the Sinner tour 🙂
Ashley,
I sure hope you have a marvelous time. I cannot wait to get everyone’s updates. I am going to make plans to attend either next year or in 2016 when it will be in Chicago (my favorite Midwestern city).
I just realized that I have been around for months and never commented. Wow. Okay, then. I’ll comment.
I hope you have a great time at BEA! I have a bloggy friend who might be picking up a couple ARCS for me (namely the sample of THE YOUNG ELITES by Marie Lu) that I am super excited for. I’m hoping to go next year…we’ll see. In the meanwhile, I am reading all the BEA Recap and advice posts I can find. It’s not self-torture; it’s research. Maybe.
Thanks for commenting, Samantha! 😀 That’s very nice of your friend. 🙂
I am so last minute…I am working on my schedule now…the night before!! Gah!!!
Tsk tsk! 😀